Verastem Receives Orphan Drug Designation in the EU for vs-6063 in …

Published June 16, 2013

Verastem Receives Orphan Drug Designation in the EU for VS-6063 in …

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Cambridge, MA – June 13, 2013 – Verastem, Inc., (NASDAQ: VSTM) focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer by the targeted killing of cancer stem cells, announced that VS-6063 has received orphan medicinal product designation from the …
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Alkermes Changing The Standard Of Care For Schizophrenia

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As it's impossible to do justice to Alkermes' entire portfolio of products and drug delivery technologies in a single article, we'll focus instead on the company's efforts in the rapidly growing market for long-acting injectable (LAI) drugs for the …
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How Do We Advance Women in STEM?

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Hers was the first clear data delivered to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, helping to shape the nation's understanding of the illness — and its warning signs. As doctors began to deepen … After 20 years developing family …
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CEO calls being in Mass. crucial for Shire to innovate

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LEXINGTON — Danish doctor-turned-businessman Flemming Ornskov's first decision after taking over as chief executive of Shire PLC April 30 was to move himself to Massachusetts, about 3,000 miles and an ocean away from the Irish drug company's …
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